Scott Thompson

Eric Frein told a friend "all is good" in a phone text message hours before police say Frein ambushed two state troopers outside the Blooming Grove barracks, according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by The Times-Tribune Friday.

"I stayed at your place last night," read the text to Justin Smith, who had given Frein a key to his East Stroudsburg apartment . "I met your aunt. She was showing upstairs to someone."

The message, received around 6:15 p.m. on Sept. 12, went on to say Frein was "heading back to Delaware" and that he would return next week.

A settlement in a lawsuit over the car used in the 1985 film "Back to the Future" has hit a roadblock. Last year, the widow of automaker John DeLorean sued a Texas company she said has been illegally using the DeLorean name for years. The DMC-12, known...